Sandy Fire in Simi Valley Forces Immediate Evacuations - The New York Times
Officials ordered more than 23,000 to evacuate after a brush fire broke out in Simi Valley, Calif.
A Sailor Shot Distress Flares. Now a California Island Is Burning.
The shipwrecked man was rescued from Channel Islands National Park, but the flares set off a 10,000-acre fire that has burned park buildings, forced evacuations and threatened rare Torrey pines.
